Apple patents touchscreens/The work of Jeff Han

[Timotheos]

Pfft, this all looks like far too much work for me. I want to be able to control my Mac with my eyes.

[teszeract]

I cannot wait (actually I can) until giant multi-touch screens are de jure for computing. Goodbye RSI, ass-growth and eyestrain. It'll be fun again.

[bbloke]

I was reminded of this thread and thought I'd look to see if there is any more news from Jeff Han. The Perceptive Pixel web site still seems to be a single page, but I found a video interview with Jeff Han, where he demonstrates his creation to the interviewer, in follow-up to the Perceptive Pixel demo.

http://blog.centopeia.com/2007/03/21...touch-demo-ii/

In the video, he mentions that 3D interfaces don't seem so suitable, as humans really need something to push against. It seems to me this also relates to some complaints that touchscreens don't offer enough feedback for users (eg. compared to pressing actual keys). Manipulating images of objects in 3D would prove all the more difficult, I'm sure...

A Wired article has a text-based interview with Jeff Han. In it, he says they are already shipping and that their customers include the CIA! Apparently, they use it for manipulating geographical data...

[Lt Major Burns]

Jeff Han strikes again....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=he-j1BbZf58

[Qion]

I'm finna buy one.

[bbloke]

I've come across a video along similar lines. It shows Johnny Chung Lee, at Carnegie Mellon University, who has developed a cheap way of converting surfaces to the equivalent of electronic whiteboards, using a "pen" with an LED and a Wii remote. As part of his demonstration, he shows that he can use two pens for multitouch interaction (err, well, sort of multi"touch"...).